Thursday, September 11, 2014

Just when you thought car phones were so retro, Audi is bringing them back!













AT&T will be making a second car part of its AT&T Mobile Share family data plan.  The 2015 Audi Q3 crossover vehicle will use HSPA and wireless connections and the 2015 A3 sedan will get the 4G LTE service.

AT&T opened up a lab in Atlanta for the development of connected cars, called AT&T Drive Studio, and has signed on big name companies such as General Motors, Audi, and Tesla.  Also, AccuWeather, Glympse, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Streeline with the Parker app, and Tribune Digital Ventures agreed to develop their car apps through the Drive platform. 


AT&T is expanding into new areas because it’s most recent source of growth, Smartphone plans, have started to slow since so many consumers already have a Smartphone.  The company is looking into the digital home, connected cars, and tablets, among other items for a new source of revenue.

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